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the poor fellow spat blood. This shot is supposed to have been fired by a man named Wren who was arrested at the time by a policeman named Murphy.  Murphy also captured the Pistol. While  Murphy was [[strikethrough]] taking [[/strikethrough]] conveying his prisoner to the Station house, he was set upon and badly beaten by a party of the friends of Wren, and Wren [[strikethrough]] himself [[strikethrough]] was rescued. Among this crowd was one William James, who was arrested and taken before a Magistrate who bailed him on his own recognizance for his appearance at the Mayor's Court the next day. I am satisfied in my own mind that the guilty party in this abominable affair will escape justice, for I am convinced [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] after a full and fair trial, [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] no man who happens to have a white skin, and especially if known in Virginia can be convicted of murder by a Virginia jury if his victim is a negro or a "Yankee". It is folly to attempt a trial before such Courts. It's just a mockery and justice must hang her head for shame at such decisions.

This is not all; after the Colored people had left the place where the speaking was held, their homes in the neighborhood

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